. The copper resources of California. laims owned by Raymond Houx and EdwardSwinford, all showing indications of copper. Blackbird. —Owned by C. L- Heard et al.; in Sees. 19and 20, T. 16 N., R. 6 W. Ledge is in serpentine. Smalldevelopment. Gray Eagle.—The most important location in this neigh-borhood is owned by W. N. Heard and J. W. Simons. It liesin Sec. 20, T. 16 N., R. 6 \V. It is developed by open cuts anda shaft 20 feet deep. The vein formation is of unknown width,but a seam of copper-bearing rock is exposed that shows from corNiv—c to inches in witltli. This does not yet ap
. The copper resources of California. laims owned by Raymond Houx and EdwardSwinford, all showing indications of copper. Blackbird. —Owned by C. L- Heard et al.; in Sees. 19and 20, T. 16 N., R. 6 W. Ledge is in serpentine. Smalldevelopment. Gray Eagle.—The most important location in this neigh-borhood is owned by W. N. Heard and J. W. Simons. It liesin Sec. 20, T. 16 N., R. 6 \V. It is developed by open cuts anda shaft 20 feet deep. The vein formation is of unknown width,but a seam of copper-bearing rock is exposed that shows from corNiv—c to inches in witltli. This does not yet appear lo havemuch reguhirit>. A tuiniel run 200 feet does not reach thevein in depth. The ores are native copper in serpentine andred and black oxides. Along the lode ores carrying nativecopi)er can l)e found as float. Pacific Claim.—It is about two miles southeast of the (irayEagle, in Sec. 2S, T. 16 X., R. 6 \\. Here a shaft was sunk50 feet on a bunch of ore, which was then all extracted and. GKAV COPPHR \I. ColNTV. shipped. There are two other shafts, one 25 feet, the other45 feet deep. The formation is .serpentine, and the ores areoxides of iron and cojiper, carr>ing some gold. There are .several other ])rospect holes, showing smallamounts of co]iper ores, in T. 16 X., R. 6 W. Ruby King Copper Mining and Townsite Co. — ASacramento corporation owns and has opened eleven claimsin Sees. 29 and 32, T. 17 X., R. 6 W. Xo great development, 134 THK COPPER RESOURCEvS OK CALIFORNIA. and no large deposits are yet shown. The principal indica-tions on this group are float copper. On the ground of the Mark Hanna Oil Company, in vSec. 35,T. 17 N., R. 7 \\., there are indications of copper ore. Lion Mine.—On this old property, the present owner ofwhich is J. F. Easton, there has been considerable work donein the past. MKM)UCL\0 COUNTY. Mendocino County knows little of the mineral industry inany of its forms, but carries various economic minerals i
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